Article on Rakhshanda

Rakshanda Khan

Don't be surprised if you find Rakshanda Khan perturbed these days. The actress is furious after a magazine called AVS published her landline and mobile numbers. For the last three weeks, Rakshanda has been flooded with calls from Pakistan and Malaysia.

Padosi fans

Describing exactly how it started, she says, "I like speaking to my fans and generally attend to all my calls. However, I realised recently that there was a deluge of calls from Pakistani fans on my number. Every 30 seconds there would be a new call. That's when I realised things had gotten out of hand."

Khan's biggest shock came after she started getting calls on her landline as well. "Even people from Balaji don't have my residence number. My folks are not media savvy and strictly guard their privacy. It was a rude shock when I started getting calls at my home as well. To add to my woe, people would call at weird hours. I had some kids call me at midnight, others called me at 5 am. My life has become miserable for the last couple of weeks."

The actress is fuming with rage and wants to track down the magazine that printed her number. "How can they do this? I asked a couple of people who called and everyone told me they got my number from the same magazine. In fact, I have started identifying Pakistani numbers (starting with 923) and stopped taking them. Just when I thought the Pakistani calls were dying, I started getting calls from Malaysia."

Butt of jokes

Rakshanda says that this has become a joke on the sets of Kyunki. "Riva (Bubber) and Gauri (Pradhan) are having a fun time at my expense. They keep teasing me and pulling my leg. In fact, the other day even Suvarna (Jha) chipped in and decided to play my ammi. She spoke to a caller pretending to be my mother and asked him not to call me anymore. Yet the person kept calling and harassing me."

Even though she is unsure about getting a new number, the actress definitely plans to track the magazine and take action against the publishers. "I don't know if this has happened with any other actor. But it's very irritating to get weird calls throughout the day. Even the SMSes are so funny, people keep sending me romantic sher-o-shayari."

The actress says she will breathe a sigh of relief only after her mobile trauma is sorted out.

WOW!! I feel for her.. The best alternative is to have her number changed... For good...